A Review on Multiple I-III-VI Quantum Dots: Preparation and Enhanced Luminescence Properties

T Chen, Y Chen, Y Li, M Liang, W Wu, Y Wang - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
I-III-VI type QDs have unique optoelectronic properties such as low toxicity, tunable
bandgaps, large Stokes shifts and a long photoluminescence lifetime, and their emission …

Nano-imaging agents for brain diseases: Environmentally responsive imaging and therapy

F Liang, Q You, X Ma, H Wang, C Wang, Z He, Y Yang… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Precise imaging is essential for the accurate diagnosis and surgical guidance of brain
diseases but it is challenging due to the difficulties in crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) …

Bifunctional magnetopolymersomes of iron oxide nanoparticles and carboxymethylcellulose conjugated with doxorubicin for hyperthermo-chemotherapy of brain …

SM Carvalho, AG Leonel, AAP Mansur… - Biomaterials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, which has no cure yet. Emerging
nanotheranostic alternatives such as magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) have great …

Design and development of polysaccharide-doxorubicin-peptide bioconjugates for dual synergistic effects of integrin-targeted and cell-penetrating peptides for cancer …

AAP Mansur, SM Carvalho, ZIP Lobato… - Bioconjugate …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymer-drug conjugation is an attractive approach for target delivering insoluble and highly
toxic drugs to tumor sites to overcome the side-effects caused by cancer chemotherapy. In …

Green synthesis of ZnS quantum dot/biopolymer photoluminescent nanoprobes for bioimaging brain cancer cells

AJ Caires, AAP Mansur, IC Carvalho… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are one of the most interesting photoluminescent
nanomaterials with very promising applications in cancer nanomedicine. In this work, ZnS …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable luminescence of Cu-In-S/ZnS quantum dots-polysaccharide nanohybrids by environmentally friendly synthesis for potential solar energy …

JC Amaral-Júnior, AAP Mansur, IC Carvalho… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Colloidal semiconductor nanomaterials (QDs) have been systematically investigated as
innovative alternatives for green energy production through solar photoconversion devices …

One-step synthesis of nontoxic Ag-In-Zn-S quantum dots via microwave-assisted hydrothermal method for bioimaging

T Chen, Y Chen, C Guo, Z Xie, Y Li, W Wu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthesis of nontoxic quantum dots (QDs) with excellent optical properties in aqueous
phase to replace organic dyes with photobleaching drawbacks used in bioimaging has …

Eco-friendly AgInS2/ZnS quantum dot nanohybrids with tunable luminescent properties modulated by pH-sensitive biopolymer for potential solar energy harvesting …

AAP Mansur, HS Mansur, C Tabare, A Paiva… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are very interesting candidates for the development of
green-energy based nanomaterials and devices. However, currently they present serious …

[HTML][HTML] Carboxymethylcellulose biofunctionalized ternary quantum dots for subcellular-targeted brain cancer nanotheranostics

AAP Mansur, MRB Paiva, OAL Cotta, LM Silva… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the most lethal forms of cancer, malignant brain tumors persist as one of the greatest
challenges faced by oncologists, where nanotechnology-driven theranostics can play a …

[HTML][HTML] L-cysteine and poly-L-arginine grafted carboxymethyl cellulose/Ag-In-S quantum dot fluorescent nanohybrids for in vitro bioimaging of brain cancer cells

IC Carvalho, AAP Mansur, SM Carvalho… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although noticeable scientific and technological progress, cancer remains one of the
deadliest diseases worldwide and advancements in diagnosis, targeting and treating cancer …